Having fun AND doing well?

"If you're having fun, you aren't doing well, and if you're doing well, you're having fun"

My coach always told us that quote when he wanted us to stop running around like idiots and focus on our races. It was always funny to hear this speech because it meant he thought they weren't going to do well because they already wasted their energy. But it became more than that.

Its the simple idea that you enjoy something because you are good at it. Everything else you spend you time on is wasted.

Parelled to personal success, college life has a very similar outlook. You have too much fun, you forget to study and put the time and effort in. And when you are doing well, its the driving force to your positive spirit and endless joy